HR 977
106th Congress
House
Taxation
Checkoff
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to medical research
Government trust funds
Health
Income tax
Personal income tax
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax returns
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish, and provide a checkoff for, a Biomedical Research Fund, and for other purposes.
Introduced: March 4, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 30, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 4, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 4, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow every individual (other than a nonresident alien) whose adjusted income tax liability for the taxable year is $5 or more to designate that $5 be paid over to the Biomedical Research Fund (a trust fund established by this Act).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1